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I'm going to guess you don't use the 'one-click buy' button on Amazon either?
by herge 12y ago
I'm going to guess you don't use the 'one-click buy' button on Amazon either?
- u124556 12y agoAmazon does use more than 140 characters to present a product.
- jimktrains2 12y agoAnd often has reviews on the same page.
- saryant 12y agoThe reviews are the key. I always jump straight to the reviews. Half the time I never read the item description.
- pradn 12y agoYou can always add a link to the tweet for more details.
- u124556 12y agoAnd then you can buy from the page with the details. Forcing you to go back to the twit to buy would be a bad idea.
- benologist 12y agoEmbedding the buy button wired up to your twitter account might not be so awful?
- Qualman 12y agoAmazon has an established reputation as a low-priced retailer, and stakes its reputation on that. Twitter seems to intend this as more of an ease-of-purchase kind of feature. My expectation is that there is little to no incentive for Twitter to be pricing these products competitively.
- pradn 12y agoNot everyone comparison shops for all products. Many people are happy paying a standard price for certain goods, without hesitation. For example, expecting to pay $10-15 for a t-shirt is common, as is paying $1 for a song. For these sorts of purchases, reducing the friction from discovery to purchase is pretty important. Suffice to say, I probably wont buy a car or a vacuum cleaner on Twitter.
- kordless 12y agoI buy things off Amazon because I go there to buy things. So yes, I guess I use that button. :)
- pbreit 12y agoThat's a terrible comparison. Amazon is a retailer, Twitter is not. Amazon provides a massive amount of helpful information to buyers. Twitter provides almost none. For starters.
- wisty 12y agoFor people with significant followings, Twitter is a marketing platform. This might enable an affiliate (or self publication) model to work well on Twitter.